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Jeff Firth, president of the North Dakota Chautauqua Association, intoduces actress Kate Fuglei via Skype at a press conference Thursday in Devils Lake. Fuglei is bring her one-woman show, "The Rachel Calof Story" to the Robert E. Fawcett Aiditorium at Lake Region State College in June.JOHN STENNES/GRAND FORKS HERALD

Play tells of woman’s life in Jewish pioneer settlement near Devils Lake

Play tells of woman’s life in Jewish pioneer settlement near Devils Lake

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news The story of Rachel Calof, a Jewish pioneer who homesteaded in a 12-by-14-foot shack — along with her new husband, her in-laws and their children — on the harsh plains north of Devils Lake in the 1890s and early 1900s is coming home.
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2014-02-28 10:22:46

DEVILS LAKE — The story of Rachel Calof, a Jewish pioneer who homesteaded in a 12-by-14-foot shack — along with her new husband, her in-laws and their children — on the harsh plains north of Devils Lake in the 1890s and early 1900s is coming home.

Kevin Bonham covers regional news, mostly from northeast North Dakota, for the Grand Forks Herald. A North Dakota native who grew up in Mandan and Dickinson, he has been a reporter or an editor with the Herald and Forum Communications for more than 30 years. Find his articles at: www.grandforksherald.com. He welcomes story ideas via email or phone.